Elbow cuff



Apr. 24, E923. 1,452,998

s. D. BOWERS 'ELBo'w CUFF Filed Aug. 3. 1921 vretenait npr. 24, i923.I i y 'unirse' STATES SALLIF DAVS BOWERS, F KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

ELBOW CUFF.

Application led August 3, 1921.. Serial No. 489,418.

To dll 'wh-0m, t cmwern.' Be it known that I, SALLIE DAVIS Bow- ERs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson ing at the elbow-sufficiently to enable the child to suck its fingers or to bite its finger nails.

A further object of my invention is to provide an elbow cud which is simple, cheap to make, which is adapted to be laundered, which is durable, and which may be readily applied to ,or removed from arms of dif. ferent.sizes,and which will be held reliably Y in its operative position.

' rlhe novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

in the. accompanying drawing which il;

lustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of my proved cud, shown in the overlapped position.

.Fim 2 is a plan view, partly broken away, of the cud shown stretched out. y

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section on the line 3--3 of lFig. 2. y

Fig, d is an enlarged horiontal sectional View on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2..

lFig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 5-5 of4 Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view on the line @#6 of Fi 2. t

Similar refgerence kcharacters designate similarpparts in the did'erent views.

The body of the cuff comprises, preferably, a flexible sheet 1, the lower portion of which is doubled, the doubled portions being attached together by a pluraiity of longitudinal spaced apart seams 2, which form a plurality of longitudinal pockets 3 in alternate ones of which are located respectively substantially rigid longitudinal ribs 4', compricing, preferably, stiff dat substantially unyielding metal plates, each. of which has rounded ends.

'lihe doubled portions of the body 1 after the insertion of the ribs 4f into the pockets yfollowing is a' specifica-A 3 are attached together by a transverse seam or stitching',

As shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the body 1 adjacent to its upper edge is provided with a transverse pocket 6 in which is mounted resilient elastic means, such as an elastic rubber band 7. rlhe pocket 6 is preferably formed by folding over the upper end of the body 1 and attaching it -to the body by .stitching 8.

The upper ends of the ribs 4 are spaced apart a considerable distance from the upperend of the culi', whereby the cuii1 has a flexible upper portion 9 which is adapted to embrace the arm `of a child above the elbow.

The lower portion of the body in which are located the rigid stiilening ribs 4 is adapted to embrace the elbow, when the sheet like body is formed into a tube, as shown in Fig. 1, with its ends overlapping such distance as is required by the size of the arm which the cuff embraces.

For releasably attaching to each other the overlapping portions of the liexible upper 'portion 9 of the cud', any suitable means may be employed. In the drawing l have shown attached to the body 1 adjacent to the upper end thereof'a transverse row of socket mem# bers 10, either of which is adapted to releasably engage the head of a member 11 fastened to the body member l adjacent to its upper Aedge and to one side edge. The members 10 and 11 comprise the usual inembers such as are employed for glove fasteners.

For releasably fastening together the portion of the body which embraces the elbow, suitable means may be employed. ln the drawing, for this purpose is illustrated two strings 12 and 13 attached at one set of ends to one side edge of the body 1, respectively adjacent to the upper and lower ends of the adjacent rib 4. The said adjacent rib 4 has rigidly mounted in it a vertical row of rivets 14:, the heads and Shanks of which extend through the outer portion of the -body 1.

At a substantial distance from the opposite side edge of the body 1 in one of the intermediate ribs 4, are attached in a similar manner headed rivets 14 which also eX- tend through the outer portion of the body 1. Y

ln fastening together the overlapping portions of the body with the strings 12 and 13,

the; string 13 .is laced around'the rivets 14 and 14', after the manner of lacing a corset,

the

in themanner described, so that the long1tu dinally stiffened portion of the cuff will tightly embrace the elbow, the lower end of the cuf being extended belouT the elbow so ,as to prevent the child -bending its arm sufiiciently to lpermit it to suck its fingers or bite its finger nail s I dolnot limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as many modifications,` -withinthe scope of the appended claims may be made without departing from the spirit of my inventiom What I claim' is:- 1. An elbow cuil',l comprising a flexible sheet adapted to be formed into a tube arranged to embrace the arm above and around the elbow,- the upper portion of the sheet having overlapplng portions and having means for fastenin together said overlapping portions,

elastic means provided along the upper edge of the' sheet, longitudinaljoint and with theflexible portion 9` .apart longitudinal mounted in 'said transverse pocket substanstifi'ening means attached to that portion of the sheet which embraces the elbow, and means for fastening together overlapping portions of thatportion of the sheet which embracesthe elbow, substantiallyl as set forth. i

- 2. An elbow cu` comprising a flexible sheet like -body arranged to embrace the arm' at andl above the elbow and to have its ends overlap each-other, releasable `means for fastening together the overlapping portions in different positions of overlap, the body adjacent to itsupper edge having mounted therein an elastic .band adapted to embrace, and substantially the arm above the elbow, rigid longitudinal spaced apart. ribs mounted in the body in that portion which is adapted to embrace the elbow, substantially as set forth.

An elbow 'cuff comprising a flexible sheet like body adapted to 4be formed around an arm above and across the elbow and'to have its ends overlap, and having adjacentw to its upper edge a transverse pocket, and l provided below said pocket with spaced pockets, elastic means tially rigid ribs respectively mounted in the longitudinal pockets, and releasable means for fastening together in different positions the overlapping portlons ofsaid body, substantially as set forth.

`In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

sALLIE Davis BowRs. 

